EDC 6001 - Social Emotional Learning Through Puppetry and Play

1 Credit(s) Hours: 1 hr.

This course is designed to introduce students to the developmental theories behind Social Emotional Learning (SEL) while also providing an interactive and integrative approach to the exploration of puppetry as a vehicle to reinforce this learning. Through the use of multi-lingual storytelling, arts-making, dramatic play, and lively group discussions, this course will provide hands-on practice, planning, and curriculum design instruction to students of diverse backgrounds and needs. Learners will come away from the course with the necessary skills to implement puppetry play and other creative arts activities to foster deep and lasting social-emotional learning in both the early childhood and elementary classrooms.

Prerequisite(s): EDC 200 with a minimum grade of “C”

Open Only to Education Studies Majors: Birth - 2nd Grade Concentration and 1st - 6th Grade Concentration
Department: Behavioral Sciences